Sepiember I, 1909.^ 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



437 



FISHER PROCESS RUBBER. 



npilE I'islKT Process Rubber Co.. incorporated August 4, 1909, 

 *■ under the laws of New York, with $100,000 capital, has been 

 formed for acquiring a cliemical process for the preservation of 

 rubber latex for any period desired and for its coagulation when- 

 ever convenient. The inventor of the process is Mr. William 

 Fisher, a German chemist, who has spent many years in the rub- 

 ber countries of .\merica and .Asia. It is claimed by Mr. Fisher 

 that by the use of his process a given amount of late.x will yield 

 more rubber, and rubber of a better average quality, and there- 

 fore salable at a higher price, than is possible under ;iiiy dtluT 



treatment. .Mr. Fisher also has devoted attention to the develop- 

 ment of an ini|)roved tapping tool. 



Mn .\. II. .\i.iiE.N, president of the New York-Commercial Co., 

 spent part of tlie summer in Europe. The rubber business of 

 .Mr. .Mden at I'ara and Manaos has been formed into Aldebert 

 1!. .Mden. Limited, registered in London with iioo.ooo capital. 



The Fisk Rubber Co. (Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts), claim 

 to have made the largest tires ever built for an automobile — rear 

 tires 40 X 6 inches. The front tires for llic same machine were 

 40 X 5 inches. 



Review of the Crude Rubber Market. 



WIIIL1-" prices have declined sharply since our last quotations, 

 tliey are still at a very higli level, and the market closed 

 lirni at the end of the month. In fact, closing prices were 

 higher at the close than a few days earlier. Receipts have been 

 taken promptly. The decline was attributed to the fact that the 

 tire manufacturers having covered their wants pretty fully, they 

 had retired from the market for the time being; besides the 

 period of non-arrivals at Para is constantly shortening, with the 

 approach of the crop season. 



.At the monthly sale at .\ntwerp un .\ugust 27 about 500 tons 

 found buyers at very firm prices, which is more signit'icant in 

 view of this having been a large sale. 



Following are the quotations at New York for Para grades, 

 one year ago, one montli ago, and .August 30 — the current date: 



P.\R.\. 



Islands, fuic, new. 



Sept. I, '08. 



89(ft 90 



Islands, line, old none here 



Upriver. fine, new 95@ 96 



Upriver, fine, old 981?; 100 



Islands, coarse, new 43(?( 44 



Islands, coarse, old none liere 



Upriver. coarse, new 68^1; 69 



Upriver, coarse, old 69fr(i 70 



Cameta 



Caucho I Peruvian), ball... 6i(ai 62 



Caucho (Peruvian), sheet.. 50W 51 

 Ceylon ( Plantation), fine 



sheet I03f'7 104 



.African. Sept. i,'o8. 



Lopori ball, prime 8o(a 81 



Popori strip, prime 62({l; 63 



.Aruwimi 



Upper Congo ball, red 



Tkelemba none here 



Sierra I-eone. ist quality... 78® So 



Massai, red 78(n'. 80 



Saudon niggers 54(S 55 



Cameroon l)all 48(aj 49 



Benguela ^iV^C'i 44 



Madagascar, pinky 

 .Accra tlake 



Centrals. 

 Esmeralda, sausage 

 Guayaquil, strip . . . . 

 Nicaragua, scrap . . . 



Panama 



Mexican, scrap . . . . 



Mexican, slab 



Mangabeira. sheet . 

 Guayule 



East Indian. 



Assam 



Pontianak 



Borneo 



64(0 65 



60@: 61 



44(5 45 



59fa 60 



44''"' 4.S 



59(0; 60 



4f3fa 41 



43@ 44 



25@ 26 



72(fi 73 



26(0, 27 



Late Para cables quote : 



Per Kilo. 



Islands, fine 8$ioo 



I.slands. coarse 2$50o 



Aug. I, '09. 

 @i8i 

 @i8s 

 @I95 

 @I98 



@ 75 

 @ 78 



@I20 



none here 

 @ 92 



@II2 

 @ 90 



@200 



Aug. I, '09. 



@I2S 

 @I2iO 



@IIS 

 @I23 

 @... 

 @I2S 

 @I2S 



@n8 

 @io8 

 @ 80 

 (d 104 

 dl 24 



(nl 98 

 @ 85 

 W 97 

 (ff 88 

 @ 98 

 @85 

 @ 66 

 @ 40 



9S@ 96 

 (g 4M 

 @ 40 



Aug.30. 

 fa 1 68 



(a 17s 

 (gijgn 



none here 

 @ 64 

 @ 75 

 @ii3 



none here 

 @83 

 (5)105 

 @ 86 



©192 



Aug. 30 

 (a 120 

 (ffiii8 

 (glOO 

 (5)120 



@... 



@I23 

 @I23 



(giio 

 @I05 



@ 80 



(5)102 



(g 24 



@ 95 

 @ 78 

 @ 95 

 @ 83 

 @ 95 

 @ 80 

 @ 66 

 @ 45 



95@ 96 



@4?<t 

 @ 40 



Per Kilo. 



Upriver. 

 L'priver. 

 ICxchange 15 s/32(/. 



Inie. . . 

 coarse 



Late P;ira cables quote: 



Per Kilo. 



Islands, fine 8$700 I'priver, fine . . . 



Lslands, coarse 3$20O Upriver, coarse 



New Yoric Rubber Prices for July (New 



1909. igo8. 



Upriver, fine i. 50/0)1.95 ,91(3.96 



Upriver, cnar.se l.0S@l.2o .64@.67 



Islands, tine l.4i(S'l.84 .83@.88 



Islands, coai-.sc 7o(3) .75 .42^.46 



t'anicta So'« . 92 -52^ .55 



Statistics of Para Rubber (Excluding Cau 



New York. 

 Fine and Total 



Medium. Coarse. 1909. 



Stocks. June 30 tons 203 1S9 = 392 



Arrivals, July 379 244 = 623 



Per Kilo. 



io$6oo 



8$7O0 



Rubber). 



1907. 



i.o8@i.i5 

 .86 @ .90 



i.04@i.o8 

 .61 @ .64 

 .70® .71 



cho). 



Total Total 



1908. 1907. 



347 303 



1350 695 



Aggregating 582 433 



Deliveries, July 459 326 



1015 

 785 



1697 

 141 1 



998 

 708 



Stocks, July 31 123 



Stocks, June 30. 

 .Arrivals. July . . . 



. Jons 



Aggregating 

 Deliveries, Jul 



107 



Par.\. 



1909. 1908. 



245 373 



760 1080 



230 



1907. 



170 



1090 



286 290 



England. 



1909. 1908. T907. 



320 1235 950 



550 376 525 



1005 1453 1260 

 455 1203 1095 



870 161 1 1475 

 625 1411 800 



24s 



67s 



Slocks, July 31 550 250 165 



World's visible supply, July 31 tons 



Para receipts, July I to July 31 



Para receipts of Caucho, same dates.... 

 -Afloat from Para to United States. July 31 

 -Afloat from Para to Europe, July 31.... 



Liverpool. 



Wii.i.ivM Wright & Co. report [.August 3] : 



Fine Parii. — Record prices, record sales, and a record gamble fitly de- 

 scribe tliis month's market. The unprecedented advance of 2S. per pound 

 has, we think. Iieen almost entirely due to speculation, pr.actically amount- 

 inn to a reckless speculation of the Wall street type, but we would reinind 

 such speculators that there is a process known as "going to the wall," as 

 well as one emanating from it, and that the former is. generally speaking 

 the ultimate goal of such ventures. No nation, least of all j\inerica, has a 

 commercial reputation for philanthropy, and we refuse to believe that 

 manufacturers there are buying rubber which they cannot use until Nov- 

 ember or December, at is. 91/. to 2s. per pounil more than they might 

 reasonably expect to get it by waiting. Such rash spe culation is bound t o 



Rubber Scrap Prices. 



Late New York quotations — prices paid by consumers for car- 

 load lots, per ]xiund — show an advance since last month : 



Old rub!)er hoots and shoes— domestic io?'^(S/ii 



Old rubber boots and shoes— foreign ioJ^@io^ 



Pneumatic bicycle tires 6^@ 



.Automoliile tires 6%(S) 7 



Solid rulilier ua.iron and carriage tires 9 @ 9'-^ 



White trimmed rubber 10 (gll 



Heavv black rubber 6'A&> 6J4 



-Air brake hose 4^@ 454 



Garden hose 3 @ 3^ 



Fire and large hose 3'A@ S'A 



-Matting 2 @ sV* 



